Daily Readings:
Saints/Feasts/Fasts to be observed/commemmorated/celebrated: the Fast of the Nativity
+ Lideta (Birth of Holy Virgin Mary)
TAHASAS
Scriptural Readings:
Week Three, Day Six
The Twentieth Day
Day 20
Morning prayer
In the name of the Father …
Opening prayer
O God, our refuge and our strength, who are the author of all godliness; be ready, we pray you, to hear the devout prayer of your servants; and grant us that those things which we ask faithfully we may obtain effectually; and may your grace be with us forever and ever. Amen. Our Father….O my Lady Mary…
Psalm 102: 1-28
102:1 Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come to thee. 102:2 Hide not your face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline your ear to me: in the day when I call answer me speedily. 102:3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. 102:4 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread. 102:5 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. 102:6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert. 102:7 I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top. 102:8 Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me. 102:9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping. 102:10 Because of your indignation and your wrath: for you have lifted me up, and cast me down. 102:11 My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass. 102:12 But thou, O Lord, shall endure forever; and your remembrance to all generations. 102:13 Thou shall arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come. 102:14 For your servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof. 102:15 So the heathen shall fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth your glory. 102:16 When the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory. 102:17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer. 102:18 This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the Lord. 102:19 For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the Lord behold the earth; 102:20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death; 102:21 To declare the name of the Lord in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem; 102:22 When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the Lord. 102:23 He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days. 102:24 I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: your years are throughout all generations. 102:25 Of old have you laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of your hands. 102:26 They shall perish, but thou shall endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shall thou change them, and they shall be changed: 102:27 But you are the same, and your years shall have no end. 102:28 The children of your servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, As it was in the beginning….
Psalm 103: 1-22
103:1 Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. 103:2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: 103:3 Who forgives all your iniquities; who heals all your diseases; 103:4 Who redeems your life from destruction; who crowneth thee with loving-kindness and tender mercies; 103:5 Who satisfies your mouth with good things; so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. 103:6 The Lord executes righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed. 103:7 He made known his ways to Moses, his acts to the children of Israel. 103:8 The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. 103:9 He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger forever. 103:10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. 103:11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. 103:13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. 103:14 For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust. 103:15 As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. 103:16 For the wind passes over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. 103:17 But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness to children's children; 103:18 To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them. 103:19 The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom rules over all. 103:20 Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening to the voice of his word. 103:21 Bless ye the Lord, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure. 103:22 Bless the Lord, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the Lord, O my soul. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, As it was in the beginning….
Scripture Readings
1st Reading
Jeremiah 17: 9-10
17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. He who receives the prophet the by the name of the prophet, shall receive the prophet’s …
2nd Reading
2nd Corinthians 13: 11-13
13:11 Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you. Greet one another with an holy kiss. All the saints salute you. He who receives the Apostle by the name of the Apostle shall receive the Apostle’s reward. Amen
3rd Reading (Chant)
Psalm 111: 1-2
111:1 Praise ye the Lord. I will praise the Lord with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation. 111:2 The works of the Lord are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein. Halleluiah, stand up and harken to the Holy Gospel, the message of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
4th Reading
The Gospel, St St. Matthew 6: 7-9
6:7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Be not ye therefore like to them: for your Father knows what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. After this manner therefore pray ye: heaven and earth shall pass away…. It is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one ….
Concluding prayer
O Lord our God, we humbly offer you our service of praise and thanks for this new day. Grant us your grace to begin this day with you and remain with us throughout the day. And help us to reach the fullness of your redemption. We make our morning prayer through our Lord Jesus Christ your Holy Son who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever. Amen. Our Father….O my Lady Mary…
Day 20
Evening prayer
In the name of the Father and of the Son ….
Opening prayer
O God Our heavenly King whose name is holy, and whose mercy is praised from generation to generation, we pray that you will hear our evening prayer and grant us that we may glorify you by never ceasing praise. We make this our prayer through our Lord Jesus Christ your Holy Son, who loves and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen. Our Father….O my Lady Mary…
Psalm 104: 1-35/end
104:1 Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, you are very great; you are clothed with honour and majesty. 104:2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain: 104:3 Who lays the beams of his chambers in the waters: who makes the clouds his chariot: who walks upon the wings of the wind: 104:4 Who makes his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire: 104:5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed forever. 104:6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains. 104:7 At your rebuke they fled; at the voice of your thunder they hasted away. 104:8 They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys to the place which you have founded for them. 104:9 You have set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth. 104:10 He sends the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills. 104:11 They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst. 104:12 By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches. 104:13 He waters the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your works. 104:14 He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth; 104:15 And wine that makes glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengthens man's heart. 104:16 The trees of the Lord are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted; 104:17 Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house. 104:18 The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies. 104:19 He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knows his going down. 104:20 You make darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. 104:21 The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God. 104:22 The sun arises, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens. 104:23 Man goes forth to his work and to his labour until the evening. 104:24 O Lord, how manifold are your works! in wisdom have you made them all: the earth is full of your riches. 104:25 So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. 104:26 There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom you have made to play therein. 104:27 These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season. 104:28 That you give them they gather: thou openest your hand, they are filled with good. 104:29 Thou hidest your face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust. 104:30 Thou sendest forth your spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth. 104:31 The glory of the Lord shall endure forever: the Lord shall rejoice in his works. 104:32 He looks on the earth, and it trembles: he touches the hills, and they smoke. 104:33 I will sing to the Lord as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. 104:34 My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the Lord. 104:35 Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the Lord, O my soul. Praise ye the Lord. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, As it was in the beginning….
Scriptural Readings
14th Century Bible
1st Reading
Tobit 4: 16-17, 19-20
4:16 Give of your bread to the hungry, and of your garments to them that are naked; and according to your abundance give alms: and let not your eye be envious, when you give alms. Pour out your bread on the burial of the just, but give nothing to the wicked. 4:19 Bless the Lord your God alway, and desire of him that your ways may be directed, and that all your paths and counsels may prosper: forevery nation hath not counsel; but the Lord himself gives all good things, and he humbles whom he will, as he will; now therefore, my son, remember my commandments, neither let them be put out of your mind. He who receives the prophet in the name of the prophet shall receive the prophet reward.
2nd Reading
Romans 14: 17-19
14:17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. 14:18 For he that in these things serves Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men. Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another. He who receives the Apostle by the name of the Apostle shall receive the Apostle’s reward. Amen
3rd Reading (Chant)
Psalm 108: 1-2
108:1 O god, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory. 108:2 Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. Halleluiah, stand up and harken to the Holy Gospel, the message of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
4th Reading
The Gospel, St Mark 14: 32-41
14:32 And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray. And he takes with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy; And saith to them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful to death: tarry ye here, and watch. And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt. And he cometh, and finds them sleeping, and saith to Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour? Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak. And again he went away, and prayed, and spoke the same words. And when he returned, he found them asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither wist they what to answer him. And he cometh the third time, and saith to them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. He that hath ears to hear let him hear… It is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one ….
Concluding prayer
Lord our Father and King, to whom we offer evening prayer, we humbly pray that you may mercifully grant us your grace and that our hearts may always meditate on your law and words, and give us the reward of everlasting light and life. We make this our evening prayer through our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen. Our Father….O my Lady Mary…
The Synaxarium:
THE FOURTH MONTH
TAHISAS 01
(December 10)
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT,
ONE GOD. AMEN.
On this day Elias, that is Elias Zelotes, appeared before Israel. He was of the tribe of Levi. His father’s name was Iyasenyu and that of his mother Tona. Concerning him it is said that on the day of his birth his father saw two men shining with light bowing down before him, and they wrapped the boy in fire instead of the rags in which they wrap children. And after his birth his father came to Jerusalem and told the priests this, and they said, “Is it that his abode shall be in light, and that he shall cut (i.e. decide) with his words, and shall judge Israel with the sword and with fire?” Now the story of the miracles, which he wrought in the days of Ahab, the king and his wife Jezebel, and the story of his ascension into heaven, are written in the section for the sixth day of the month of Ter (Jan.-Feb.), and concerning his death also. The Vision of John Abukalamsis (i.e. John of the Apocalypse) saith that he will come with Enoch and will rebuke the False Christ, and they shall perform miracles before him. And he shall call them the two olive trees, and the two lamps, which are before God. And having conquered them, and slain them, and cast out their dead bodies for three days, the Spirit of God shall come and shall enter into them, and they shall rise up alive and all those who see them shall be afraid. And when a voice shall call them they shall go up to heaven upon a cloud, and then there shall be a great earthquake, and men shall die, one hundred souls. Salutation to Elias who shut up the heaven that there should be no rain.
And on this day also died Naboth the Jezreelite. This Naboth was the possessor of a vineyard near the threshing floor of Ahab, the king in Samaria; and Ahab said unto Naboth, “Give me this thy vineyard so that it may become the place of an oil press, for it is nigh unto my house, and I will give thee gold, the price of thy vineyard.” And Naboth said unto Ahab, “God forbid that I should give thee the inheritance of my fathers”; and Ahab was very sorry and he went and lay down upon his bed, and he covered his face and refused to eat. And Jezebel his wife came unto him and said, “What maketh thee so sorry that thou dost not eat?” And he said unto her, “I talked with Naboth and I said unto him, ‘Give me thy vineyard at a price’; and he said, ‘I will not give my father’s inheritance for gold.’” And Jezebel said unto him, “Dost thou thus act the king for Israel? Rise up and eat and I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.” And she wrote a letter in Ahab’s name, and she sealed it with his seal, and she sent that letter to the elders of the city who lived with Naboth, and in it she spoke thus, “Proclaim ye a fast, and place Naboth before the people, and set up two men, sons of inequity, who shall say, ‘He cursed God and the king’; then take him outside [the city] and stone him to death.” And the men of the city did according to the message which Jezebel sent to them, and they proclaimed a fast and they set Naboth before the people, and two men, sons of iniquity, came, and they testified against Naboth, saying, “He cursed God and the king”; and then they took him outside the city and stoned him and he died. Salutation to Naboth who was killed by King Ahab for the sake of his vineyard.
And on this day also died the holy father Abba Peter of the city of Gaza. This holy man was a native of the city of Roha (Edessa) and belonged to a noble family, and his parents gave him to the Emperor Theodosius so that he might appoint him a governor, and he made him a governor. And he renounced rank and glory, and fought spiritually and devoted himself to the worship of God in the palace of the emperor, and he had with him some of the bodies of the holy martyrs from the country of Persia; now at that time his days were twenty years. Then he went out and became a monk in a certain monastery, and he fought a great spiritual fight. When the bishops heard of his holiness, and his spiritual strife, they took him and against his will made him Bishop of Gaza and all the neighboring district. And it is said of him that when he read the Office for the consecration of the Offering, so much blood flowed from the Offering that [the vessel] was filled with His Blood. And when they brought the body of Saint James the “dismembered” he took it and dwelt in one of the monasteries of Jerusalem. And it came to pass in the days of Marcion the heretic that he fled to the land of Egypt, and with him was the body of James the “dismembered”; and he dwelt in a monastery for some days. Once when he was preparing to consecrate the Offering certain men who were standing there talked together at the time of the preparation, but Saint Peter did not rebuke them. And he saw the angel of the Lord holding him back from them, and he wished to cast himself down on the ground for he honored them and was afraid to rebuke them. When the days of Marcion the infidel were ended, Saint Peter returned to the land of Palestine. And he strengthened the churches, and the people foregathered with him, and they assembled about Isaiah the Egyptian. And the report of him was heard by Zeno the emperor, and he wished to see him, but Peter neither wished it nor desired it, because he fled from the affairs of this fleeting world. Then he came to the shore of the lake (or sea) of Gawer and dwelt there. And there came the feast of Saint Peter, Archbishop of the city of Alexandria, and he made arrangements to consecrate the church on the day of his festival. And Saint Peter appeared unto him and said, “Behold, our Lord Christ will call thee to come to us,” and from that day Saint Peter knew the time of his death. And he summoned the people to him, and he commanded them to be strong in the True Faith; then he stretched out his hand, and delivered up his soul into the hand of God. Salutation to Peter, for when he broke the bread of the Offering blood distilled there from until the whole of the paten was filled therewith.
And on this day died the holy father Abba John, the thirtieth (sic) Archbishop of the city of Alexandria. This holy man was a priest, and he was a native of the city of Gamnudi. And in the days of this father the church of Sergius and Bacchus, the holy martyrs, was built, and also the church of ‘Abukir and the church of John in the inner wall of Mesr (Cairo). And a certain God-fearing man, an Egyptian, a Jacobite, whose name was Andrias, and who was a scribe of Abdal-Aziz, and son of Merwan, took care of them. And it was this father Abba John who was building the church of Saint Mark the evangelist in the city of Alexandria, which is known as “Kamos” for a period of three years in the days of King Adel. And during the days of this father a great famine, [which lasted] for three years, took place. And he was careful for the poor, and the needy, and those who were in misery, and he used to give them silver and bread twice a week, and he gave many alms and gifts to the poor, and was a doer of good works. In his days the Khalifah Yazid died, and Merwan reigned in his stead. This father sat upon the throne of Mark the evangelist for nine years, and he died in peace. Salutation to Archbishop John with whom, on the day of his death, is associated the Patriarch Athanasius.
And on this day also died the holy father Athanasius, the seventy-third (or seventy-sixth) Archbishop of the city of Alexandria, who was known as Paul, the son of the priest Makram, the son of Kalil, and Peter, and James the Persian, and Elijah the monk, and Barsabeh (Bathsabeh), the mother of Solomon.
Glory be to God Who is glorified in His Saints. Amen.
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